Deputies elected the Presidium of the Verkhovna Rada, which will run it until a speaker is elected. And Yekhanurov's team resigned its powers

Deputies elected the presidium of the Verkhovna Rada, which will preside over it until the election of the speaker.

The presidium includes Raisa Bohatyryova from the "regions", Oleksandr Turchynov from the BYuT, Mykola Katerynchuk from "Our Ukraine", Ivan Bokiy from the SPU, and Adam Martynyuk from the CPU.

434 deputies out of 448 present voted for the election of the presidium.

The deputies also approved the agenda of the first session.

Before this, the oldest of the deputies, communist Ivan Herasymov, opened the session of the Verkhovna Rada of the 5th convocation. After this, the anthem was played. Most deputies sang it.

Today, Prime Minister Yuriy Yekhanurov also announced before the newly elected Verkhovna Rada the resignation of the Cabinet of Ministers.

"According to Article 115 of the Constitution of Ukraine, I have the honor to announce the resignation of the Cabinet of Ministers," Yekhanurov said at the ceremonial session of the Verkhovna Rada on Thursday.

At the same time, the presiding officer of the session, Ivan Bokiy, instructed the Cabinet of Ministers, according to Art. 115 of the Constitution, to continue performing its duties until the appointment of a new composition of the government.